Senior Software Engineer

Position at Matson Navigation Company, Inc

About Us

Founded in 1882, Matson (NYSE: MATX) is a leading provider of ocean transportation and logistics services. Matson provides a vital lifeline of ocean freight transportation services to the domestic, non-contiguous economies of Hawaii, Alaska, and Guam, and to other island economies in Micronesia. Matson also operates premium, expedited services from China to Long Beach, California, which includes cargo from other Asia origins, provides services to Okinawa, Japan and the South Pacific, and operates an international export service from Alaska to Asia.

Matson Logistics extends the geographic reach of Matson's transportation network throughout North America and Asia. Its integrated logistics services include rail intermodal, highway brokerage, warehousing, freight consolidation, supply chain management, and freight forwarding to Alaska.

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About the Role

Design, develop, customize, and maintain enterprise and local applications and reusable components supporting Shipping, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems. Design enterprise-wide application frameworks using strong knowledge of application architecture, enterprise integration, and distributed systems. Analyze logistics and supply chain processes to identify automation and efficiency improvements through software solutions. Understand business unit requirements and functional workflows to design effective system solutions, ensure compliance with change control and SDLC standards, perform technical evaluations of packaged products and new technologies, and coordinate with Business Analysts, QA, Architecture, production operations, and deployment teams to ensure thorough testing and smooth releases. Estimate, design, code, and test software components; write efficient, maintainable code and technical documentation; Perform on-call responsibilities for production support of critical applications as required. Use standard web technologies such as Java, Spring, Spring Boot, RESTful services, XML, Tomcat, and JBoss, including Groovy based custom scripts and integration of workflows using EDI standards to build large and complex analytics applications and build enterprise applications in Matson's Shipping and Logistics domain.

Education Required:

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Experience Required:

5 years of progressive experience as Software Engineer, Senior Software Developer, Programmer Analyst, or related occupation.

Special Requirements:

Must have at least 1 year of prior work experience in each of the following:

• Designing, customizing, and implementing enterprise application modules to extend existing functionality, improve performance, and support evolving business and logistics requirements using Java, J2EE, Hibernate, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and groovy-based custom scripts.
• Developing backend services and RESTful APIs to support scalable, reliable enterprise applications using Java-based frameworks.
• Analyzing business and functional requirements and developing maintainable, deployable application components utilizing at least two of the following technologies: Git, GitHub, Jenkins, and/or AWS services.
• Customizing and integrating system workflows to enable reliable data exchange and operational interoperability across internal systems and external partners using EDI standards, REST APIs, and message queues.
• Implementing system integrations and data-exchange workflows supporting Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM) platforms to ensure cross-platform communication and data consistency.
• Creating and maintaining technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design specifications, code reviews, and deployment playbooks.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams (product management, QA, DevOps, and UX/UI) to deliver quality features and support production releases.

Some telecommuting permitted (hybrid).

$170,681 to $177,500 per year

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